25 middle-schoolers win for writing on environment

Twenty-five students were selected as top winners in the annual “My Hawai‘i” environmental writing contest sponsored by the Pacific Writers’ Connection, the Hawai‘i Conservation Alliance and multiple Hawaii conservation agencies and organizations.
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Twenty-five students were selected as top winners in the annual “My Hawai‘i” environmental writing contest sponsored by the Pacific Writers’ Connection, the Hawai‘i Conservation Alliance and multiple Hawaii conservation agencies and organizations.

The contest was open to students in grades 6 to 8, and included poem and short story entries on the theme “Planet at the Crossroads” that will be included in an anthology that will be distributed to schools and libraries.

The students’ writing represents personal reflections on the environment, cultural values, kuleana, stewardship and writing that contributes to youth literature that is unique to Hawaii, according to a news release.

Contest winners are:

>> Kaila Apo, “Yearning to Be With Them Again,” Kamehameha Schools-Kapalama.